This book investigates who Lady Godiva was, how the story of her naked horseback ride through Coventry arose, and how the whole Godiva legend has evolved from t

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A first-ever account of one of the United Kingdom’s foremost ducal families and a history of the times in which they lived. Discover over two hundred years of